Improvement in oil-cans



.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

G. O. OYERHISER, OF BINGHAMTON, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEO. NV. GREGORY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OlL-CANS.

Specification forming part-of Letters Patent No. 44,485, dated September 22, 1864.

fo all whom, t may concern/f Be it known that I, G. C. OvER'HIsER, of Binghamton, Broome county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-Cans; and'I do hereby declare that the iollowing is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying d rawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

. Similar letters denote like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my can. Fig. 2 is a sectional View.

ln order that others skilled in the arts may understand my invention, I will proceed to describe its constructionand operation.

A is the body ol' the can; B, the spout or tube, and is screwed into the can at g. O is a lever, whichis operated by the thumb. One end is fastened to the can at 7i. A short dis tance fro n1 this lixed point there is fastened a Wire, c, to the under side of the lever. This Wire extends through a hole into the can, and has upon its inner end a ring or washer of leather or rubber, O. The hole is for a vent,

and the Washer is for stopping it.I A littlev farther out on this lever I place another bent rod or Wire, b, Which I loop over the crooked end of the rod D. along the tube B, through guides@ a., and is fastened at its upper end to a sliding tube or collar, F, which tits close to the tube B, and is allowed to slide up and down upon it. This tube or collar has a small spout, d, through which the oil passes out. I make a hole, G, Fig. 2, in the main tube B. The tube or collar is provided witha corresponding hole, x.

yEncircling the rod D is a spiral spring, lil.

One end of the spring is fastened to the rod and the other end rests upon one of the guideeyes a. By the action of this spring upon the rod D the collar F is moved up and held, so

`that the hole x is above the hole G, the bottom ot' the collar covering the hole G, thus 4prevent-ing the escape of the oil. Now, when rlhis rod passes up and lever also pushes the piece O from the vent, and allows a free escape or iioW of oil. Remove the pressure from the lever C and the spring E immediately returns the collar F and Washer O to their former positions, stopping the liow of the oil instantly. Vith the cans nor in use much of the oil is Wasted, as they are unable to control so quicklyor effectually the tlow of the oil. I can drop as little or as unich oil as desired, and right to the point. I also deem it very desirable to place the operating parts of an oil-can upon the outside instead of the inside, as is usually done, and thus keep the inside for oil instead of machinery.

I do not Wish to limit myself tojust such a sliding collar and spout as I have described, as I can accomplish the purpose desired as effectually by placing the spout a little higher up on the sliding collar F, and place the cap over the collar instead ot' the tube, so that when the collar is elevated the hole x is brought above the open top of the tube B, and the'oil is allowed to escape. In this modiiication of my can, I can change the fulcrum ol' the leverpiece C to a point near the center, and place the loop b on the inner end, and the spring is made to operate against the upper guide eye or rest a.

Having described my invention, what Ielaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The sliding collar, as described, with or Without the spout, in combination With the tube of the can.

2. The rod D, acted upon by a spring, in

nation With the rod D, spring E, lever O, and

can, as and for the purpose described.

' G. C. OVERHISEB.

Witnesses:

Gno.- W. GREGORY, S. W. Roenes. 

